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gemma-4-31b-it-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma4 · 31B · 8bit

Excellent

Aug 19, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

qwen3.5-9b

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35 · 9B · Q4_K_S

Not Rec.

Mar 14, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
85 vs 72
Hardware Fit
64 vs 51
Quality Score
94 vs 81

Hardware

gemma-4-31b-it-mlx qwen3.5-9b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M4 MaxApple M4
Cores1610
RAM128 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4 MaxApple M4
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma-4-31b-it-mlx qwen3.5-9b
Tokens/sec13.614.4
First chunk16 ms4 ms
TTFT558 ms824 ms
Load time12.3 sN/A
Memory usage0.0 GB48.3 GB
Memory %0%151%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma-4-31b-it-mlx

Speed
14/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

qwen3.5-9b

Speed
31/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
0/30

Quality

gemma-4-31b-it-mlx

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
18/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

qwen3.5-9b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
9/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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